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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence how people vote in elections?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan87.1%
2 France 85.2%
3 Italy84.4%
4 Canada80.8%
5 Germany78.7%
6 Australia74.4%
7 United States74.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.216721 X +10.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.793
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.629

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -285520.556530 X +281163.518
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.928
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.861

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 31.474054 X +56.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.987340 X +3.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25.985836 X +31.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173